Five reasons why the Samsung Galaxy S6 Active is Super Duper Cool

The Samsung Galaxy S6 Active is the third generation of Samsung’s Active line of smartphones that started with the S4 Active in 2013. It’s essentially the water-resistant version of the S6, capable of being submerged in a meter of water for up to 30 minutes.
It is also shockproof and is able to resist a drop from up to 4 feet.
Here are five reasons why you might want to go get Active.

1. THE BATTERY IS ENORMOUS

The S6 Active’s battery has a super giant 3,500mAh cell that dwarfs the 2,550mAh battery in the regular S6. As a result, the battery life issues we saw with the S6 are non-existent with the S6 Active. It also has the fast charging features of the S6 and can be wirelessly charged with Qi compatible chargers. If only every phone had a battery this large.

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2. IT HAS AN EXTRA SHORTCUT BUTTON

The S6 Active has a unique button on the left side just above the volume rocker. By default, this launches Samsung’s Activity app, but you can reprogram it to whatever you want. I set it to launch the TV remote app with a single press, and launch Spotify with a longpress.

3. SAME PERFORMANCE AND CAMERA AS THE S6

Having great performance, an awesome screen, and an impressive camera. It’s just as fast, it’s screen is just as sharp and bright, and the camera is just as good as the S6 and S6 Edge, which are three things you wouldn’t want to compromise on for the Active version.

4. IT STAYS COOL UNDER PRESSURE

The glass-and-metal S6 and S6 Edge both get very warm during normal activities, but the all-plastic S6 Active doesn’t heat up at all. Even while multitasking and juggling a bunch of things at once, the Active stays cool and more comfortable in your hand.

5.WATER RESISTANT AND SHOCK PROOF

And my favourite feature, The S6 Active can be submerged in a meter of water for up to 30 minutes and walk away just fine. It can also withstand a 4-foot drop without worry, which is something the standard S6 might crack or shatter under. The S6 Active does all of this without requiring annoying port covers over its Micro USB charging port or headphone jack.

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE

DISPLAY	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.1 inches
	Resolution	1440 x 2560 pixels (~576 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 4
		– TouchWiz UI

BODY
	SIM	Nano-SIM
		– IP68 certified – dust and water resistant up to 1.5 meter and 30 minutes – MIL-STD-810G certified – salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant

PLATFORM	OS	Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
	Chipset	Exynos 7420
	CPU	Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57
	GPU	Mali-T760

MEMORY	Card slot	No
	Internal	32 GB

CAMERA	Primary	16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, Auto HDR, panorama
	Video	2160p@30fps
	Secondary	5 MP, 1080p@30fps

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
	Bluetooth	v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
	NFC	Yes
	Infrared port	Yes
	Radio	No
	USB	microUSB v2.0

FEATURES	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
	Browser	HTML5
	Java	No
		– Wireless charging (Qi/PMA) – market dependent – ANT+ support – S-Voice natural language commands and dictation – Smart stay – OneDrive (115 GB cloud storage) – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic – MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player – MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player – Photo/video editor – Document editor

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Ion 3500 mAh battery
	Stand-by
	Talk time	Up to 23 h (3G)
	Music play	Up to 57 h

MISC	Colors	White, Gray
	SAR US	1.19 W/kg (head) 1.58 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	0.48 W/kg (head) 0.42 W/kg (body)

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